éwé

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See also: ewe, Ewe, EWE, and -ewe

Betawi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sundanese ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé),

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.ˈwe/
  • Hyphenation: ngé‧wé

Verb

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éwé

  1. (vulgar) to have sex
  2. (vulgar) to fuck

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.we/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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éwé m (uncountable)

  1. the Ewe language

Old Sundanese

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Alternative forms

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ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé)Sundanese script

Noun

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éwé

  1. wife
    • c. 16th century, Carita Parahiyangan:
      Dianak ku waya, ja éwé ogé hanteu.
      How can I have a son, for I have not a wife?
  2. (extension) female person, woman, girl
    Synonym: éstri

Notes

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  • Some dialects of Sundanese still retain the definition of the word "éwé" as "wife" or, to an extent, "female" or "girl". However, in most cases, the word has undergone a shift in meaning into a vulgarised definition meaning "to fuck" or "to have sex".

Descendants

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  • > Sundanese: awéwé (inherited) ("woman, girl")
  • > Sundanese: éwé (inherited) ("to fuck, to have sex")
  • Betawi: éwé ("to fuck, to have sex")
  • Indonesian: ewe ("to fuck, to have sex")

Sundanese

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Etymology

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ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé)Sundanese script

Noun

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éwé or ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé)

  1. (dialectal) wife
  2. (dialectal, by extension) female person, woman, girl

Verb

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éwé or ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé)

  1. (rare, dialectal) to marry a woman[1]
    Coordinate terms: lakian, kawin
  2. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex

Notes

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  • Some dialects of Sundanese still retain the definition of the word "éwé" as "wife" or, to an extent, "female" or "girl". However, in most cases, the word has undergone a shift in meaning into a vulgarised definition meaning "to fuck" or "to have sex".

References

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  1. ^ "Ewe" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek', S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 2nd print (1913), page 166.